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+#+title: Recent Website Changes
+#+date: 2023-01-03
+#+description: A retrospective of recent changes to my website.
+#+filetags: :dev:
+
+* The State of This Website
+Over the years, this website has changed URLs, styles, content focus,
+and much more. However, it seems that I am never done, as I am yet again
+changing this page to fit my current needs and wants.
+
+While this site was already minimal (~12kb), it contained a lot of
+disorganized content and some poorly chosen color schemes.
+
+The recent updates attempt to fix these items while focusing on what I
+truly care about here: the content within each page.
+
+* Recent Changes
+I've made quite a few changes to the style of this website today, both
+in the CSS and in the HTML.
+
+Here are some of the key takeaways from today's changes:
+
+1. Reduce the width of the website from =60em= to =40em=.
+2. Remove breadcrumb navigation and replaced with a simple "Return Home"
+   link when visiting anything other than the homepage.
+3. Remove syntax highlighting from code blocks. CSS now loads from a
+   single file.
+4. Move blog posts on the homepage to the top, pushing tertiary content
+   down.
+5. Update font-family from =monospace= to =sans-serif= for readability.
+
+* Future Focus
+** Accessibility
+My main focus amidst all the changes this past year was accessibility. I
+tried to improve the accessibility of all pages on this site as well as
+I know how. For example, I added aria labels to identify different
+navigation menus in November.
+
+I want to continue this in 2023 and learn more about the accessibility
+features I can utilize to help those who may need them.
+
+** Content First
+Beyond accessibility, I am making a concerted effort to bring the
+content of this site to the forefront and push the tertiary information
+(e.g., About Me, Services, etc.) down below the content.
+
+Further, I want to review and edit previous blog posts for grammar,
+accuracy, dead links, and more. Where necessary, I may even add a blurb
+at the top of old posts that are no longer accurate or helpful.
+
+** Style
+As always, I will be searching for ways to reduce distractions and bring
+a minimalistic approach to this site. While there are certainly more
+drastic measures I could take, such as making this a
+[[https://shinobi.bt.ht][Shinobi Website]] or a [[https://nocss.club][No
+CSS Website]], I prefer to keep some modern features here.
+
+Two ideas have been floating around in my head, but I am not sure how I
+feel about these approaches yet:
+
+1. Going all-in with Emacs org-mode and creating a script to
+   auto-publish all my blog posts from org-mode to plain HTML files and
+   then letting my CSS style it after the fact.
+2. Focus on publishing for Gemini or Gopher and then utilize a
+   conversion program to translate the pages to HTML.
+
+* Looking Back
+As I sit here and finalize the changes, as well as this post, I am happy
+with the current state of this website. It's certainly a long way from
+my first attempts (parallax background images, anyone?) and it's good to
+see the progress.
+
+I can only hope and work hard to ensure that I make more meaningful
+progress by this time next year.